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| Scalefour Area Groups | Members Pages | Other National/Fine Scale Associations |
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The society has area groups in most parts of the country and some idea of their activities can be found here. The Craven AG have started a 'blog' to tell us about their activities. The Glevum Area Group showcase their activitieswith a normal website. The Mid-Sussex Group built Pulborough and are now working on Brighton Road. The Manchester Area Group operates within the Manchester MRS. The Scalefour Netherlands Area Group will always welcome visitors. The North East Finescale Group shares web facilities with the Newcastle and District MRS. The South Warwickshire Area Group operate in conjunction with the Leamington and Warwick MRS. The Wealden Area Group have a similar arrangement with the Uckfield Model Railway Club and details of their layout, "Leysdown" are on the site. | ||
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Baker David Barham John Brighton (5654) Stephen Freeman (4644) Geoff Gauntlett (5907) Philip
Griffith's (5508) Richard
Hall (4540) Bryan
Johnson (4338) Tony Miles (1855) P. G Radley (3752) |
Chris
Baker presents a professional
treatise on the building of 'Much
Meddling'. John
Brighton showcases his model
building service and other goodies. David
Barham includes
progres on his P4 layout in his modelling pages. Andrew
Copp
has taken over the Highland Railway kits formerly produced by 5522
Models with effect from January 2006. His trading name will be
'Lochgorm Kits'. John Darch shows off his layout 'Climkerford' and his photography. Stephen
Freeman has
a site detailing his model railway services.
Geoff Gauntlett focusses on narrow gauge preservation, the W&L in particular but does include a modelling section. A variety of interesting material is offered on Philip Griffith's Railway Pages Particular interests are the LNWR and Welsh railways. Philip also maintains a page for modellers of LMS goods vans. Richard
Hall has started up some new
pages that will illustrate P4 layout
building
with reference to "Grindham".He also includes a useful database of
published
locomotive photographs. Graham
Hickson shows off
his motor bogie inspired by Ted Scannell. Mark
Humphrys takes us
through the trials and tribulations of
kit development for a Western diesel. Keith Norgrove at his Grovenor Sidings offers modelling ideas ranging from rtr diesel conversions to turntables and also prototype Garratt photos. P G Radley runs Radley models offering an expanding range of London Undergound
models including the former Harrow models kits. Brian
Rumary's site concentrates on
industrial railways and is a useful
adjunct
to the IRS site. Carlos Vasco shows his progress modelling the railways of Southern Spain in P4. Tim Venton describes his 'Clutton Station Project' and some good ideas for working signals. Ken Walker has Indian narrow gauge. Maurice Wright illustrates a sophisticated system for keeping track in line across baseboard joints. John Wright is a major contributor to the Newcastle site covering the uses of Memory Wire, construction of track using copperclad timbers and his new P87 layout. |
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CMRA The EM Gauge Society Double O Gauge Association The 2mm Scale Association The 3mm Society P:87 Special Interest Group S scale Society Proto:64 SIG Proto 48 site ScaleSeven Group British RailwayModellers of North America British Railway Modellers of Australia Broad
Gauge Society |
The
CMRA or Chiltern Model Railway
Association provides services to
Model
Railway Clubs and runs an annual exhibition. Before
Protofour
there was EM. The
EM Gauge Society
was
established in 1955 to encourage trade support for the standard, it
thus
preceded P4 by 12 years. And before even that there was '00' although
the
support society, The
Double O
Gauge
Association, is actually much
younger.
Kindred spirits using other scales are catered for by these associations The 2mm Scale Association, The 3mm Society, the S scale Society and The ScaleSeven Group cater primarily to British modellers. International interests in finescale are also catered for, see the P:87 SIG (affiliated to NMRA). For bigger scales there are also the Proto:64 SIG and Proto48, the North American version of Scaleseven. Modellers of the UK prototype residing overseas are catered for by the British Railway Modellers of North America (BRMNA) and by the British Railway Modellers of Australia (BRMA). The Australian site's photo section includes Bill Richmond's "West Coast Main Line" S4 magnum opus in New Zealand. Other national organisations providing for special interests are the Broad Gauge Society specialising in the old Great Western seven foot gauge. Diesel and Electric Modellers United (DEMU) concentrating on modern image modelling. the Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS) covering all areas of research into British railway history from a modelling viewpoint, their site is a mine of information and useful links. Also MERG The Model Electronic Railway Group provides for all those with an interest in the use of electronics in the hobby.Its also the place to go for information on DCC. For those with wider interests Fremo Modular Layouts (FREMO), Freundeskreis Europäischer MOdellbahner - covers the use of Modular layouts for exhibition and operation and more of interest to modellers of the European scene. For the USA the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) is a "must visit". Their site includes the Standards for DCC and their links pages will get you to over 3000 railway websites all over the world. The NMRA also has a British Region worth a look. |
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Model Railway Society Webring The Brighton Circle Caledonian
Railway Association GSWR Association GWR
Modelling North
British Railway Study Group Light
Rail Transit Association Railway Correspondence and Travel Society Signalling
Record Society |
Comprehensive
listings of websites run by prototype societies and other groups can be
found via the
HMRS or by the Webring.
The Caledonian Railway Association and the Cumbrian Railways Association. have interesting websites covering their respective subjects and the Industrial Railway Society has information on all aspects of their subject. The Glasgow South Western Railway Association offer their publications and other data. The Great Central Railway Society seems somewhat embryonic but links to the preserved line and the proposed Central Railway.The Great Eastern Railway Society has an extensive drawing collection. The Great North of Scotland Railway Association provides a comprehensive site covering this interesting line. Not exactly a Line Society but we can't leave the GWR out! These two sites will get you into a large collection of information. GWR Modelling and GWR Archive. The Kidderminster Railway Museum provides research facilities and access to their photograph collection. Our member Chris Leach runs the L & Y Society site, the LNWR Society also has a good site while Ashley Sanders looks after the Midland Railway Society. The North British Railway Study Group has information oincluding photos and diagrams and the North Eastern Railway Association, NERA, has an interesting site with an excellent range of specialist publications. For those interested in Tramways and Light Rail the Light Rail Transit Association provides a comprehensive gateway site. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society is one of the best established enthusiast groups particularly noted for their publications, especially locomotive histories. The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Preservation Society, the Southern Email Group and the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust include prototype and modelling information on their sites. The LSWR is catered for by the South Western Circle. Philip Griffiths maintains the Welsh Railways Research Circle |
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MRG Barrowmore MRG Brighton MRC Carshalton
and Sutton MRC Manchester
Model Railway Society Risborough
& District MRC |
The Alton MRG now has an S4 section. The
Barrowmore
Model Railway Group located near
Chester is the home of the P4
layout
Mostyn. The Carshalton
and Sutton MRC has
an active P4
group building 'Harton Gill'. The
Central
London Area Group (CLAG)
shows off their
developing
layout, Green Street, and have a whole host of hints and tips for
modellers. The Epsom
& Ewell MRC now has this
new site up and running. The Newcastle & District MRS, with details of the Club and its Show which includes their P4 standard Layout, Calder Bridge, and now also notes on building a new P87 layout. Newcastle also offer hints on the use of Memory Wire. Newport MRS has a P4 team building the Belleview layout featured on their site. The Risborough & District MRC is the home of the P4 layout "Saffron Street". While Saffron Walden MRC exhibits a GER P4 branch from its clubroom in a Mk 1 coach. In contrast South Hants MRC are housed in a Portsmouth fort and have links with our East Hants Area Group. The Model Railway Club The original MRC at Keen House. has an extensive site showing the facilities they can offer. The Uckfield MRC. Watford & District MRC have an active P4 section with Callowland being their current exhibition P4 layout based around Watford in 1990. The Westinghouse Model Railway Club based in Chippenham have a P4 group with a layout well on the way. Wirral Finescale is the home of 'Angel St' and of Charlotte Rd.. |
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British Railway Modelling Model Railway Express Model Railroader Midland Record/LMS Journal Locomotives
International |
Magazines
Now the publishing scene, the model magazines are represented by British Railway Modelling and the Model Railroader Bob Essery describes his Midland Rly and LMS publications on the 'Midland Record' site. And for a magazine with world wide cover try Locomotives International. If you are searching for that elusive article an independently produced index of issues 0 - 135 of Model Railway Journal is on line. Model Trains International occupies a niche market. The Modellers Backtrack Index helps find that illusive article, covering 'Backtrack' as well, while Southern modellers can find that illusive article in this major index on the Southern Railway. Model Railway Express is a special case of an on line only magazine, more of a forum really. Maps
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For more avant guard publishing Rail Images provide CD-ROM collections of photographs, so far of modern image subjects. Wagon enthusiasts can find photos and information on BR period stock on Wagons on the Web . Wagon photos by Paul Bartlett are here. Clive Mortimore provides excellent drawings of 25kV overhead. The 53a Models Photo Gallery provides some excellent pictures of Diesel and electrics as well as wagons.. For the esoteric references to published photos of Stations as opposed to trains can be found at Clive William's Station Photos. Information on the colours used by the various railways to paint their stations can be found at Station Colours. Information on stations no longer with us can be found at Disused Stations, might give you some modelling ideas. For a vast collection of pictures covering almost any subject if you look hard enough try the Railpix Archives, thanks to Roger Miener for introducing us to the delights of browsing this. The Rail Photo Archive has over 60,000 photos on line. If you need specific photos and don't mind paying for them try Steamarchive, you can view low-res versions on line. Another photo collection is at Titans of the Track.
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| P4 made easy RMweb Missenden Abbey Pendon Museum Southern Posters |
Forums, for those who prefer talking model
railways to doing and can take more after e4um and P4_talk try a web
forum. Lisa
Milne's P4 made easy
has some interesting articles as well as the forum. RMweb aims at a
general audience and is much busier. Get away for a relaxing weekend and learn some modelling with the experts. Details of the Missenden Abbey weekends are on line courtesy of Chris Langdon. The Linka
system of plaster cast building construction is remembered here with
some
supplies on offer. With the advent of the Rail Safety and Standards Board the Railway Group Standards are now freely available. If you have exhausted these links, you will find many more, including prototype and many interesting modelling sites at Railserve a major link site for railway interest, much of it is American but it does have worldwide coverage. Southern posters provide images as indicated by the title, download, print out and fix to your stations, or just visit and admire. |
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